Yankees right-hander Freddy Garcia has been scratched from his scheduled start Sunday against the Rays because of a cut on a finger sustained in a kitchen accident four or five days ago.

A.J. Burnett will start in his place and manager Joe Girardi will be able to temporarily push back a decision on who gets dropped from New York’s six-man rotation. Girardi has been promising for several days that the team would go back to a five-man rotation after Sunday. Instead, the rest of the starters will move up a day.

Burnett will be followed by Ivan Nova on Monday in Kansas City. Bartolo Colon starts Tuesday and CC Sabathia goes Wednesday.

Phil Hughes, one of the main candidates to be demoted, now stays on turn after pitching Saturday.